diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian b/Dockerfile.debian
index 507174ac6f45eacba69a43b389a7a5b9923885d0..c60cdcd37bbb659c65593cc700ce291249775204 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=debian:12.7
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=debian:12.7-slim
 
 FROM $BASE_IMAGE